While at the record store picking up a fidget spinner for Maribou, I asked the pierced, tattooed, gauged record store employee if he could recommend some nice trip-hoppy fuzzy hazy shoe-gazey music for me. He immediately started walking and grabbed a copy of Nothing’s “Tired of Tomorrow” off the shelf and handed it to me.
From the first few seconds, I was HOOKED.
If I had to describe it, I’d say it sounds like if the bands Low and Hum decided to collaborate with each other and they got the lead singer from The Stone Roses to sing.
Seems silly to describe it, though, when I can just ask you to listen to the opening song on the album: Fever Queen. (What makes this song so very perfect and frustrating is that it clocks in at around two minutes-fifty. Which means that it always leaves me wanting more, like, I wish that it were a four minute song.) I absolutely adore how the beginning progresses to crest around 1:00 in the song. Absolutely lovely.
The second song on the album is really the one that reminded me of The Stone Roses: The Dead Are Dumb.
Those are probably the two best songs on the album but it’s not like there is a huge fall-off from those two. The entire album is good and perfect to play in the background while cooking or driving or writing a post like this one. I wholeheartedly recommend this album to anyone who misses the music from the 90’s. (I figure that this is how Led Zeppelin fans felt when Wolfmother put out their debut album.)
So… what are you listening to?
I’m putting together a roadtrip mix for our 12-hour drive to Outer Banks, NC this weekend. I have two playlists. The first is for the drive and it will be turned on and off between podcasts, talking to the wife and an an audio book. That playlist is a mix of genres, meant to mostly be familiar but also with some surprises in there for the wife. One of those is “Come Down” by Anderson Peak, which is just plain fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OqrcUvrbRY
The second list is for when we hit OBX proper and want to get into the beach mood. I have some ‘summer country’ stuff and a few other vacation-feeling items, but this is where I will solicit mainstream recommendations from the commentariat, should anyone be so inclined.Report
I started getting back into Wu Tang recently and have been listening to that a lot.Report
I love, love, love Wu Tang’s first album but find the other ones hard to listen to. That was when I knew hip hop and I had gone separate directions for a few years.Report
I like the first one best as well. Wu Tang Forever is also good. Of the solo projects, I prefer GZA and Raekwon. They’re a bit more serious than some of the others.Report
Roberta Sá.
Vince Guaraldi Trio.
Exploring the local folk scene.Report
I’m listening to Sky News talking about a 27 story apartment building in London that is burning from top to bottom. 🙁Report
Better than burning the other way, at least.Report
Sky News interviewed a man from the fourth floor who thinks it started with an appliance explosion in his neighbor’s flat.Report
Shaman’s HarvestReport
I’m listening to Meghan Trainor’s Like I’m Going to Lose You. My doctor is talking about taking the baby early due to high blood pressure so I’m feeling sappy. This song is making me feel better so I will listen to it over and over again while I savor the few weeks I have left with this little guy and no one can judge me or I will cry hormonal tears all over them. So there!Report
Welcome to Jamrock
Damian Marley
On Pandora.Report
Police in helicopter
Love this song….
“Soldiers in the field, burnin the collie weed
But if you continue to burn up the herbs, we gonna burn down the cane fields”Report